In kinetic theory, physics does not try to map all the paths of a molecule.
Instead kinetic theory uses a statistical analysis of possibly available energy distributions. So why in networks do scientists think that mapping using a graphical approach is the preferred analog?
Mapping that occurs, connections, and connectomes etc, might just reflect the underlying principle of maximizing the efficiency of energy distribution
In analyzing black body radiation, physics does not draw pictures of all possible molecular or particle paths. Why does physics assume that finding all paths in a brain, all synaptic connections, and connections between neurons, will tell us anything fundamental about what is going on thermodynamically in a brain?
Graph theory would be useful to understand neural connectivity in the brain, but with something as complicated as the brain there is no one 'best' model.
Graph Theory is evaluation of the brain functional connectivity. It also gives many measurments which have significant clinical interpretations to report in a manuscript. I think it can be one of the best. However, there maybe other methods to detect connectivity, as the brain is complicated between persons as well as in one subject over the times.
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